The Traditional Culture of Dongguan

Daojiao steamed zongzi is a specialty of Daojiao, which is famous for thousands of miles and is known as "the first zongzi in the world". It tastes sweet and greasy and has a long aftertaste. It is a kind of zongzi made by people in Daojiao water town every year during the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan and worship the river god.

Daojiao's steamed dumplings have a long history, which records the diligence and wisdom of Daojiao people. According to historical records, when Zhang Shijie, a young fu in the Southern Song Dynasty, was stationed on the cliff mountain outside the garrison, he was attacked by Zhang Hongfan, a general of the Yuan Dynasty. Ye, Liu, Wu and Si Wu people were unwilling to be corvees and fled to this village, where they thrived and brought cultural customs of the Central Plains. Here, the land is fertile, and there are many rivers, the downstream of which is the Wang Yang Sea. This is a famous land of fish and rice. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more people from the Central Plains moved here, which preserved and developed the cultural customs of the Central Plains. At the beginning, Daojiao's steamed dumplings and dragon boat races, like the Central Plains, were all to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Later, because Shuijiao people often sail out to sea to fish and deal with water, they added a kind of worship to the river god, and pinned their good wishes for good weather, abundant crops and safe sailing and fishing. Moreover, the practice of making steamed dumplings in the early days is the same as that of Zhongyuan people now. Glutinous rice wrapped in palm leaves can be boiled in boiling water, and a little sugar can be added when eating. Later, with the passage of time, the ingenious Daojiao people gradually improved the method of making jiaozi, adding egg yolk, lotus seeds, mung beans and other things to make today's Daojiao steamed dumplings. And there are many kinds, including glutinous rice dumplings, red bean paste dumplings, lotus seed dumplings, bacon dumplings and so on.

Houjie roasted goose rice-flour noodle

Seto powder, the traditional food of Dongguan birthday party, means long life. The most famous roast goose in Dongguan is Houjie, of course. The most exquisite thing is a delicious soup, which needs to be cooked with whole chicken, large pieces of meat and bones, and many special herbs and spices. When eating, blanch Seto powder in hot water and put it into a bowl, then add a tablespoon of broth, and spread a layer of crispy roast goose on the noodles. Then the delicious soup is soaked with the smell of roasted goose, which is more delicious and attractive.

Xiansha fish balls

Xiansha Fish Ball is an authentic food in Dongguan. Fish balls are a traditional food in Dongguan, especially in Xiansha Village, Gaobu Town, where the fish balls washed with sand are the most famous. The fish taken from the sand-washed fish balls must be fresh shad, and ducks and geese can't be kept in the fish pond to keep the taste of fish pure. And sand washing fish balls is one of the most time-consuming and laborious dishes in Dongguan. After the shad shave their heads and take the meat, they need to be beaten repeatedly with two iron bars for more than 6 hours to let the colloid in the fish, that is, protein, come out, and then save it as fish balls. The fish balls made in this way are full of gum and tough enough to be as high as table tennis when thrown on the ground, and can also bite the head quite well.

Xiansha fish balls are really biting and delicious. I deliberately took a fish ball and threw it underground. How high is a person who really plays? It really deserves its reputation.

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Dongguan park

Dongguan Keyuan, located in Bosha, Dongguan, is one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty. The predecessors praised it as "a blessed land on earth, a garden boasting the fairy palace in the sky". Built in the 30th year of Qing Daoguang (AD 18), it was built by Zhang, a native of Guancheng. This person donated an official to visit Guangxi, and was removed from his post and returned to his hometown, so he built the Keyuan, which was completed three years later. Keyuan Park covers an area of 2,200 square meters with a triangular outer edge. There are a first floor, six pavilions, five pavilions, six platforms, five pools, three bridges, nineteen halls and fifteen rooms in the park. Its names are mostly named after the word "Keyuan", such as Kelou, Kexuan, Tangke, Zhou Ke, etc ... Its buildings are all water mill blue brick structures. The tallest building is the passenger building, with a height of 15.6 meters. Along the stone steps of the building, you can reach the attractive stone pavilion on the roof, with windows on all sides and cornices, from which you can overlook the scenery of Guancheng.

When you step into the garden, you walk around it. The promenade surrounds the whole park and offers a panoramic view of the whole park. The starting point of the garden corridor is located in the "Broken Red Pavilion". "Broken red" means peeling litchi, and broken Hong Ting is the place where the host invites literary friends to taste litchi. Shuangqing Room is another scenic spot in Keyuan, and its structure is very wonderful: buildings, floors, ceilings and window sashes in the hall are all painted with the word "Ya", which is said to be auspicious. Shuangqing Room is the place where the owner of the garden once sang to the wind and made love to the moon. According to the scenery of the small bridge in front of the temple and the reflection of the moon in the Quchi, it was named "Shuangqing". After "Shuangqing", there is the "Flower Garden", which is the place where the owner enjoys flowers. Walk out of the "Flower Garden" along the blue corridor and come to a vast space. The flowers in the garden are Fruit jar and full of green, which are called "Potted Zhongtian". There is no building in the "Pot Zhongtian", which is an independent space surrounded by buildings, and it is a small world for garden owners to play chess and drink tea. "Tangke" is the most solemn building in Keyuan. Four red stone pillars stand side by side in front of the main hall, which looks different. There are long flower bases in the left and right corridors outside the hall, and the beauty and beauty contain solemnity. There is a small table named "Zishutai" in front of the right, which is specially used for placing bonsai. There is a big stone mountain in the middle of the hall, which looks like a lion and is magnificent. In the meantime, there is a balcony called Lion Upstairs.

On 3.3 mu of land, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, halls and courtyards are readily available. Although it is made of wood, stone and blue bricks, the architecture is very particular, with window carvings, railings, beauty lounges and even floors in different styles. Its layout is patchy and connected everywhere. The twists and turns are confusing. The keynote is that there is a scene in the empty place, the sparse place is not empty, the small place is big, dense but not urgent, quiet and interesting, quiet and fragrant. In addition, the decoration is fresh and elegant, occupying water to grow flowers, which is very rich in southern characteristics and is a treasure of Guangdong gardens. The founder of Keyuan, Zhang, was proficient in epigraphy, calligraphy and painting, piano and chess, poetry and songs, and invited scholars and elegant people to gather in the world, making Keyuan one of the cultural birthplaces of Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty.

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Daojiao Town —— Hometown of Chinese Quyi

Dongguan's traditional opera culture has a long history, and there are a large number of Quyi talents. There are mainly Cantonese opera, Cantonese opera and other traditional folk art types. Cantonese Opera Quyi has a deep mass base in water towns, especially in Daojiao, Mayong and other towns. It has established Cantonese Opera Quyi Association, rehearsed and performed various Cantonese Opera Quyi programs all the year round, and created a large number of excellent modern dramas. Many small titles of Cantonese operas created by the masses, such as The Story of a Colorful Chrysanthemum Coming Back to Life and Caring for the Heart of the Elderly, have also won many gold medals in provincial and municipal creation and performance. From 65438 to 0999, Daojiao and Mayong were named "Hometown of Chinese Quyi" by China Quxie and Literary Federation, and Daojiao was awarded the honorary title of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by the Ministry of Culture in May 2000. Guanyi people will continue their profound cultural heritage, innovate and change, and make Dongguan's reputation as the hometown of Quyi more colorful.

Daojiao people like Cantonese Opera, Cantonese Opera and Muyu Qu for more than one hundred years. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it became a historical practice to hire provincial and Hong Kong university troupes to perform God's Birthday plays with huge sums of money every year. Under the influence of Cantonese Opera Quyi, many people have learned to sing and play Cantonese Opera and become outstanding people. In 1930s, there were five brothers, Ye Dicai. They played first-class musical instruments, established their own "Five Brothers Guild Hall" and set up a library to teach students, which was very famous in Guangzhou and Singapore. In the 1940s, the master of Cantonese opera became famous for his drama "Love Monk Stole to Xiaoxiang Pavilion", and performed 367 performances in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, which broke the different conventions of late play. The flower and tobacco farmers with both civil and military skills set up an all-women troupe "Beauty Fair", which became famous for its performance of "Cutting Four Doors" and improved the status of women. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he invited a big troupe to perform every year, and people who learned to sing Cantonese opera played and sang under the big banyan tree at the head of the village in the "pavilion" by the water in the village. Under the teacher's teaching, they practiced Cantonese opera. During the Spring Festival, Kirin performed a performance to attract phoenix, which attracted onlookers. They also sang a song "Hu Bugui" ... to entertain the masses and cross the country to show their talents.

After the founding of New China, Xinhua Theatre was built by a private partnership and invited Guangdong Opera Troupe to perform. Daojiao Trade Union Art Troupe and Trade Union Art Propaganda Team also performed many performances. Liu Lianqing, an outstanding art troupe of the commune, was absorbed as Hua Dan by Foshan Cantonese Opera Troupe. In 1960s, Chen Jinyun, a young woman with nine songs, was recruited into Guangdong Cantonese Opera School by Xin Nuhong and became the Hua Dan of Guangdong Cantonese Opera Troupe. In the 1960s and 1970s, workers' propaganda teams in straw weaving factories and shipyards performed Cantonese operas such as Shajiabang and Broken Bridge, which were very active. 1980 Daojiao Cultural Station set up Daojiao Amateur Cantonese Opera Troupe, 1985 performed Cantonese Opera Hu Bugui and Looking forward to your return, and won the first, second and third prizes of Dongguan Cultural Exhibition. In the 1990s, Daojiao Cantonese opera reached an unprecedented peak. There are more than ten amateur Quyi Cantonese Opera teams (clubs), 1990 Third Singer Competition, with the number of participants 170, and 5 performances by * * *, with an audience of more than 10,000 people. Ye Shaoxing performed a small Cantonese opera "Qing Gong Jiu" in praise of winning the Asian Games, and/kloc-0 won the first Cantonese Music Cup in Dongguan on September 5, 1990.